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Given an ageing population and a persistent low birth rate, several industrialized countries have chosen to attract immigrant labour, as evidenced in a recent report by OECD (2012). However, the integration of immigrants in the labour market poses several challenges. Thus, in Quebec, compared to natives, immigrants participate less often in the labour market and tend to occupy lower quality jobs. This study aims to highlight the last finding by using two databases largely neglected in the analysis of the integration of immigrants: The Labour Force Survey (LFS) and a survey of the conditions of work, employment, health and work security in Quebec (EQCOTESST). In addition to examining the usual indicators such as the participation rate, the employment rate and the unemployment rate, this study is interested in unique dimensions which have never been taken into consideration, such as overqualification, job quality as well as physical and psychological conditions of work. As expected, the results confirm that the economic performance of Quebec immigrants is lower than that of the native-born Quebecers. In addition, there is a greater presence of immigrants in low quality jobs, but a smaller presence in high quality jobs, while the reverse is true for native workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The city inside the city: on relational density of a public space in Lisbon ♦ The urban space where three public and central Lisbon city squares intersect is seen as an important node of encounters at the metropolitan level. Thus, it is a living space that welcomes the whole dynamic of a social practice in an updated transnational context. Sociability, meetings, and interactions are discussed in this article to describe a relational city in which the diversity of actors tends to disappear behind a common practice. And in a context characterized by a persistent co-presence, attending the public square is shifted into a shared practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]